Early Emotional Support

01/19/2016

In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.
Fred Rogers

Kay Albrecht's book, Social Emotional Tools for Life, provides strategies for centers to provide crucial social and emotional support for young children. Now KQED News reports on a study reviewed in Child Development that found that the type of emotional support a child receives during their first three and a half years has an effect on education, social life and romantic relationships even 20 or 30 years later:

"Babies and toddlers raised in supportive and caring home environments tended to do better on standardized tests later on, and they were more likely to attain higher degrees as adults. They were also more likely to get along with their peers and feel satisfied in their romantic relationships.

"'It seems like, at least in these early years, the parents' role is to communicate with the child and let them know, 'I'm here for you when you're upset, when you need me. And when you don't need me, I'm your cheerleader,' 'says Lee Raby, a psychologist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Delaware who led the study."

Shared by Karma Gayleg, World Forum Global Leader from Bhutan

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